LAST P-DAY IN THE MTC!!

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I head out Monday morning for Mexico!! No problems with my visa and as far as I know everything is on track for me to go. Mom and Dad, I should be allowed to call home from the airport so (if all goes well) expect to hear from me on Monday. I don't know if I will call before leaving Salt Lake (sometime around 10:30-11:30 I'm assuming) or during the layover in Houston (around 4ish?) but I will call the home phone, so look forward to that!! I sure am! OH MY GOSH I'M GOING TO MEXICO ON MONDAY!

Not too much in the way of exciting news this week, but definitely a good week! The time has actually been going by very quickly. This week we taught our last several lessons with investigators which was bitter sweet. Both accepted baptism and have been preparing for that this past week as we have taught them the laws and commandments and they are progressing, and our in-active member is now going to church and working with repentance in order to be worthy to take the sacrament again. Whoo! Congratulations to our "investigators" haha. I'm excited to start working with real investigators. 

I believe a miracle has occurred in my life (many actually). Last week I reported that I have permission to wear open back shoes. Well when we went shoe shopping I found what I call MIRACLE shoes. They are CLOSED BACK and yet they do not hurt!! They are really nice leather and have this sort of "elastic" in the back where my bone prominence is so there is no pressure. And get this.. THEY'RE CUTE. Haha I know I know, I'm such a girl, but I basically have fallen in love with a pair of shoes. I am so grateful because open back shoes honestly are hard to walk in for a long time, so this is a real blessing. I thought for a moment maybe the inflammation had just gone down, so I tried on my other shoes and again, but nope, I can feel exactly where they hurt. One of the counselor's (in the branch presidency) wives is taking those shoes to get them "stretched" again in hopes that I can wear them still. We'll see. The Lord is providing. I have hardly thought about my feet at all this entire week. 

Okay so SPANISH! Daaaaaaaaaaaang. So many grammar principles and so much to remember, but another miracle, I am a recipient of the gift of tongues. I know I'm going to get to Mexico and think "What the devil are these people speaking", but I have progressed so much. Even in the past week. Last night I wrote my entire journal entry in Spanish and didn't really have to change what I wanted to say to fit my vocabulary or use any notes to figure out how to say things.. it was just there. Not perfect, but there. It is really fun actually. I went to bed pouring my heart out in gratitude in prayer because He truly is here right beside me helping me. I have SO far to go hahaha but I need not fear.

This is actually something I really wanted to talk about this week. I need not fear. My teacher shared a scripture with us last night in Moroni 7:33 "Y Cristo ha dicho: Si teneis fe en mi, tendreis poder para hacer cualquier cosa que me sea conveniente." (please excuse lack of accents) and wow... that spoke right to my heart. Estoy animado ir a Mexico pero estoy miedo porque no se mucho espanol y que yo se es solomente sobre el Evangelio! Perfect, si, porque este es mi proposito, pero necesito hablar con personas sobre otro cosas tambien... voy a vivir en Mexico... jaja. Pero no necesito estar miedo... the Lord is on my side. I can not adequately express. My teacher challenged us to replace all our fear with faith and that is exactly what I am doing. I have changed my attitude and I am no longer fearful, I only have faith and confidence in the Lord. All the fear inside of my dissipated in the moment. It keeps trying to sneak back into me, but I'm doing my best to keep it out. Basically, I AM SO EXCITED!! I'M MOVING TO MEXICO ON MONDAY!! I can't believe it :). 

I had some really touching personal experiences this week which I won't share, but I know that I am doing exactly what my Heavenly Father wants me to be doing at this time. I know serving a mission will bless my entire life and I have already seen so much growth in myself. D y C 50: 13-14 "Por tanto, yo, el Senor, os hago esta pregunta: ?A que se os ordeno? A predicar mi evangelio por el Espiritu, si, el Consolador que fue enviado para ensenar la verdad." y tambien D y C 109: 22-23 "Te rogamos, Padre Santo, que tus siervos salgan de esta casa armados con tu poder, y que tu nombre este sobre ellos, y los rodee tu gloria, y tus angeles los guarden; y que de este sitio lleven nuecas sumamente grandes y gloriosas, en verdad, hast los cabos de la tierra, a fin de que sepan qu esta es tu obra y que has extendido tu mano para cumplir los profetas tocante a los ultimos dias." 

Wow.. I AM ARMED WITH POWER. I am representing Him. That's scary.. I'm not perfect, how can I represent Him?.. I have to put my faith in Him and listen to the Spirit to act in His name. Feeling inadequate? Well.. am I going in my name or His?

Have a fabulous week!!! I love you all so very much! Pour your heart out in prayer to the Lord in gratitude and ask for help with your weaknesses and the courage and diligence to overcome them.
Con amor, 
Hermana Roberts

Hermana Bullock, Hermano Whittaker, y yo

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